A mum has been given a suspended jail sentence after a judge heard she tried to swallow drugs from inside a Kinder egg when police boxed in her car in Huddersfield.

John Bull prosecuting told Leeds Crown Court officers saw Karen Johnson in a Ford Focus in New Street, Meltham about 10.30 am on June 17.

She refused to open the car door and was seen to produce a Kinder egg, remove the contents and put them in her mouth.

Mr Bull said as a result of that the police forced entry to the car and physically stopped her swallowing the contents and she was arrested.

Leeds Crown Court

She was found to have 11 plastic packages containing heroin or crack cocaine worth around £90, as well as three mobile phones and admitted she had been dealing since March because she was in debt.

Sohail Khan representing her said she was a mother whose children would have to be looked after by someone else if she was jailed. She had also recently had surgery.

Johnson, 40, of Eleventh Avenue, Liversedge, admitted possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and was given a two year jail sentence suspended for two years with 100 hours unpaid work and a 20 day activity requirement.

Judge Tom Bayliss QC said he accepted she had played a limited function in dealing but warned her to steer clear of drugs in the future. Johnson wept at the sentence and thanked the judge as she left court.